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STEP Benchmarking report – VAR Capital performance

December 15, 2017
Financial Markets

VAR Capital’s performance is benchmarked by STEP, the Society for Trust and Estate Practitioners. The benchmark has several institutional managers, such as HSBC, Rothschild and Royal Bank of Canada. Here is our STEP 2017 Q4 performance report, which details that over c. 5 years we have outperformed the benchmark by…

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) policy

December 7, 2017
Viewpoints

As investment advisers, we have a duty to act in the best long-term interests of our clients. In this role, we believe that environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues can affect the performance of investment portfolios (to varying degrees across companies, sectors, regions, asset classes and through time). We also…

What is your investment manager hiding in your portfolio?

December 6, 2017
Financial Markets

Vikash Gupta, CEO and Ashish Vasudeva, Head of Clients at VAR Capital explain what it is they look for when reviewing their clients’ portfolios. Since we left the world of private banks to set up a multi-family office, clients expect us to analyse not just the investment portfolios managed by…

VAR Capital hires Yousif Banayoti as a Partner

December 6, 2017
News

Graham Barber and Dina Geha have agreed to join the Advisory Board of VaR Capital. They bring significant business and strategy experience, and legal and financial acumen to VaR Capital. The VaR Capital advisory board is responsible for providing strategic guidance and a sounding board for the firm. It helps…

VaR Capital CIO shares his market views with Finance Magazine

October 31, 2017
Financial Markets

VaR Capital Co-Founder and CIO Rajat Sharma shares his views on the markets with the editor of Portfolio Adviser magazine. Faded optimismCIO Rajat Sharma says: “We feel the equity markets are overvalued and there are imminent geopolitical risks that could lead to a correction. The five-year investment grade credit spreads…

VaR Capital gets mentioned in Financial Times: Family Governance and Values

October 18, 2017
News

Vikash Gupta, the CEO and Co-Founder of VaR Capital was mentioned by FT in context of Family Governance and values. An extract of the article:Sometimes, families need to be challenged on their prioritiesSo how did this advice go down? Brilliantly, it seems. Alexandra Altinger, Sandaire’s chief executive, recalls “a very…

We are hiring for an analyst role

August 30, 2017
News

About the role We are looking for an analyst to join the growing team and participate in the success of the firm. The role will involve assisting the CIO of the firm with investment research / asset management, as well working with the COO of the firm on client servicing,…

Graham Barber and Dina Geha join VaR Capital Board of Advisors

June 30, 2016
News

Today, it feels like everything has changed—it’s either been closed, postponed, or canceled. Some states have officially shut down. You’re working from home, while watching your kids (and trying to teach them). You haven’t seen or hugged your loved ones in weeks. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.…